With starting left tackle Russell Okung sidelined with a bruised knee, the Seahawks turned to backup Frank Omiyale to keep Ware off of rookie quarterback Russell Wilson.

So how did Omiyale do? Eleven days after he sacked the Giants’ Eli Manning twice in the opener, Ware went without a sack in the 27-7 loss to the Seahawks.

The blanking snapped Ware’s 11-game streak of road games with at least one sack. The Cowboys finished with two sacks, both recorded by linebacker Anthony Spencer.

“Frank stepped up and did a tremendous job, an unbelievable job,” Wilson said.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said one of the first players he mentioned during his post-game locker room speech was Omiyale.

“He did great,” Carroll said. “That was a classic example of a guy having to step up and play like a first-teamer, and today he did. He gave us a great game and I’m really proud of him.”

It didn’t help that Wilson has great mobility.

“Our plan was to hope he didn’t kill us,” Carroll said of Ware. “… “He’s an incredible player, so we were fortunate to get out of there without him controlling the game.”
Ware said afterward he was “very shocked” the Cowboys lost.

“We played a good team, but, at the end of the day, we should have won,” Ware said. “Could have, should have, would have, we didn’t execute the right way. We have to get out there and make the big plays when they need to be made and they held the ball a long time.”

The old “we didn’t execute” excuse is used way too often by the Cowboys. Sure, Dallas made plenty of mistakes Sunday with all the turnovers and dropped passes. But there was another component to the thumping they absorbed: The Seahawks flat out punished them.